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$55,000 rookie dinner was not Roy Williams’ revenge on Dez Bryant

As word of how much Dez Bryant paid to take the offensive players out to dinner the other night, some of it turned into Roy Williams’ revenge.

Bryant elected not to carry Williams’ pads during training camp, passing on the veteran-to-rookie tradition.

“I don’t understand why my name is associated with this whole ordeal,” Williams said. “I mean, it’s the same offensive dinner that we’ve been doing, that every team does in the NFL, so I don’t know why my name is the single name in this thing. I have nothing against Dez; Dez has nothing against me. Like I said in training camp, I don’t want you guys to bang our heads together and try to make us hate each other. That’s not going to work. He didn’t take my pads. Whoop-de-doo, he didn’t take my pads. But he’s still out there as a punt returner, catching balls and doing things he needs to do, and I’m doing things I need to do to make this team better. So don’t associate me with being the bad guy with Dez and Dez being the bad guy with me, because that’s not what it is.”